Rake.



`cross section Aon ENOS ivi. encuen, or LAKEPORT, NEW nAMrsI-Iian. Q'

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To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ENosfM. GLoUGH, af citizen of the "United "States,residing at Lakeport, invv the' county14 of Belknap and- State o-NewHampshirefhave invented certain" newl "and useful *Improvements inRakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,"clear, andexact description of the invention, such'as will enable others skilledin the 'artto which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to rakes, and theA primary object of theinvention is to provide an attachment for rakes of ordinaryconstruction, by means of which leaves, grass, or the like, which. mightcling to the teeth of the rake head, may be quickly and efficientlyremoved therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to provide an attachment for rakes,as specified, which includes a pivotally supported lever carried by thehandle of the rake, and further to connect to the lever, a plurality ofspaced tines, which have their outer ends Vpositioned between the teethof the rake matically moving or returning the tines to,;' VVA aninoperative position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consistslinsuch novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter lmore Jfully described,-illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had totheaccompanying, drawings whereinlikey characters designate like andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, land in which Figure 1is a top plan view of the. improved rake, Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe rake,\.showing the tines in an inoperative position, Fig.l 3 is aside elevation of the rake, showing the tines operated, Fig. 4l' is athe line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 ofFig-2.l

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the handle ofa. rake, which I' raking teeth.

2." The cross p Speciiication of Letters Patent.. l 'Patented ,1311,11,191@ Application file'd'Scptember 1141, 1915. Serial Nb; 50,673.' I

1n the ordinary mannerf'beiig provided with a plurality of'downwardlyextendingspaced 31. 4 fThe'fhandle 1 has a rod 4 formed uponV its outerend, which, isr connected to the head 2 of the rakefV y The handle 1 ofthe rake has a lever 5 pivotally connected thereto,I adjacent'- totheouter or lower .end of the handle. The lever 54is constructedof'arpair of plates :i6 and 7, which have their upper ends bent andlyingin facial abutment with eacl1 ,..other, as lis shown at 8. s Theplates.and 7 are bent intermediate ot their ends, to form a space forreceiving the handle 1 of the rake. y The lower ends of the plates 6 and7 are spaced from each other and have positioned therebetween a head 9.The head 9 has a section 10 formed thereon, and extending transverselyto the section of the head which is inserted between the lower ends ofthe plates 7 and 8. The head 10 has a plurality of tines 11 securedthereto, which extend outwardly therefrom, and are braced intermediatetheir ends by means of a cross brace-or bar 12'. The tines 11 extendoutwardly from the cross brace or bar 12, substantially parallel to eachother, and in spaced yrelation to each other, as is vclearly shown inFig. 1 of the drawings, having their outer endsv seated between theraking teeth 3 of the rake head brace 12 has an upstanding U- `shapedmember 141l secured thereto, theflegs of whiclgare positioned uponopposite sides of the rod 4:. The U-shaped member 14.

forms a. guide for guiding the downward movement of the tines 11, andthe wristor vertex15 of the same, forms means for limiting the downwardmovement of the tines.V

The uppery attached ends 8 of the plates or bars 6 and 7 havecontracting spiral spring 15 secured thereto. The vspring 15 is alsoconnected tothe handle 1 of the rake, as is shown at 16, and tends tohold the tines 11 in an upward position, at all times,'and toautomatically return the tines to anupward yposition after they havebeen drawn downwardly bya manual pull upon the flexible member 17. Theflexible member17 is con-- nected to the lower ends of the bars 6 and7and to the head 9', and itextends forwardlyv to the' lever 5, connectedto the handle 1, vas is shown at 18. When the iiexible member beclingingto the, teeth., Immediately upon the release"'f" the` flexiblememberl 17, the

spiral spring 15 willfaet.forreturningthe tines to the1r upper position,as 1s shown 1n In reducing the invention to practieyceiu ltammlnorffeatures of construction, Icombi-- nation, and arrangement ofparts may neces-l sitate alteration',to which the patenteeis'entitled,provided such alterations arev com-f;

prehended withinthe scope of "what is claimed.

What is claimed x v In a rake structure, a rake handle,t a rake headhaving a plurality of `depending spaced "rake teeth' carried thereby, alever pivotally connected-tosaid handle, a head secured to the lowerendof said'lever, Aa plurality of tines carried by said head extendingoutwardly therefrom, said tines having their outermost yends positionedbetween the rake teeth of said head, a spiral spring connected to theupper end of said lever and to vsaid handle for normally holdingsaidktines in an upward position, a flexible member connected tothelower end of said lever and said head, said flexible member beingalso connected to said handle and adapted forrocking'said lever upon apull upon the flexible member for moving said tines downwardly betweensaid teeth, af'Ufsha-ped member earried by said tines and extending oversaid handle for limiting the downward movement' of saidtines. u v

In testimony whereof I 'aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ENOS M. CLOUGH.

Witnesses:

ARCHILLE J. CLEMENT, CHARLES L.'PULsiI;ER.

